Improvement in machines for piling textile materials



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ALBIN WARTH, OF STAPLETON, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR FILING TEXTILE MATERIALS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0- l59,98, dated February16, 1875 application filed January 20, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBIN WARTH, of Stapleton, in the county of Richmondand State of New York, have invented a certain new and Improved Machinefor Piling Textile and other Materials, in which the following is aspecification:

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in whichFigure l represents a plan or top view. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalvertical section when the packagesupporting frame is in a verticalposition. Fig. 3 is a side view of the same when the package-supportin gframe is in a horizontal position.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention consists in the combination, with a board or table forpiling textile and other materials, of a package supporting framecontaining two or more supports for packages, in such a manner that thefabric from two or more packages can be drawn out over the table, and apile containing two or more layers can be formed with ease and facility.Suitable rods or rollers guide the material in its passage from thepackage-supporting frame to the piling-table. The packages supported bythe shelves are retained in position by rods on one, and stops on theopposite, side. The layers of material, before being deposited on thepiling-table, are drawn through between separators, which serve toremove the wrinkles, and which are placed in an oblique position, sothat the edges of the several layers on one side are brought exactly inthe same plane. All the separators are connected by a supporting-bar, sothat they can be readily adjusted in the required position. On thepiling-table is fitted a clamp, which serves to draw the layers throughthe separators and over the table. Said clamp is connected to aWindlass, so that it can be operated with facility.

In the drawing the letter A designates my folding-board or piling-table,near one end of which is situated a frame, B. This frame contains aseries of shelves, a, which are intended for the support of the packagesfrom which the material to be piled is drawn off, or if said material isto be drawn off from rollecpack ages, the frame B is provided with aseries of bearings, a for the reception of the gudgeons or axles of saidroller-packages. If the package-supporting frame B is to be used forroller packages the shelves a must be removed, but when the frame is tobe used for folded packages, said shelves are secured in position, asshown in Figs. 2 and 3, and through said shelves, near their outer orlower edges, extend two rods, b, while from their opposite edges risestops 0, which, together with said said rods, confine the packages inposition on the shelves. traverses d, which guide the material as thesame is drawn out from the several packages to the piling-table. Thesetraverses may be made in the form of flat bars, as shown, or they may bemade in the form of rollers.

My package-supportingframe is constructed of four uprights, which arefastened in a bedplate and which form the guides for the shelves andtraverses, suitable sleeves or short tubes serving to keep the shelvesand the traverses at the proper distances apart.

The package-supporting frame may either be placed in an uprightposition, as shown in Fig. 3, and, in this last-named case, said framemay be covered by a table, in order to save room.

On the receiving-edge of the piling-table is placed a roller, 6, whichserves to facilitate the operation of drawing the numerous layers ofmaterial from the package'supporting frame to the piling-table. Insteadof using only one guide-roller, however, two or more such guida rollers,6*, may be used, and if the material to be piled is drawn off from theroller-packages, the employment of the guide-rollers e is verydesirable.

The various layers, on being drawn over the piling-table, are passedthrough between the separators O, which consist of a series of flat barsheld in position by pins ff, which rise from the supporting-bar g, andon which are placed springs 71., the tension of which can be regulatedby nuts i, so that they exert a greater or less pressure on theseparators. The supporting-bar g swings on a pivot, 7c, which is securedin a lug extending from one edge of the piling-table, and it is retainedin Over the stops 0 are situated the required position by a pin, I,which is inserted into one of a series of holes, m, in the piling-table.(See Fig. 1.)

By the springs 71, the separators are caused to bear on the layers witha yielding pressure, and as the layers fare drawn through between theseparators the wrinkles existing in the same are removed and the layersare caused to lie snug upon each other, and at the same time all thelayers are exposed to a uniform pressure, so that they are strainedalike, and neither layer is stretched any more than the rest.

By means of the supporting-bar g the separators can be placed in anoblique position, so that by the friction against said separators theseveral layers will run toward the pin f, which is farthest from thepackage-supportin g frame, and by these means the edges of the layerswhich bear against this pin will arrange themselves exactly one abovethe other, leaving the opposite edges to take care of themselves. Thisis an essentiel feature of my machine, since textile fabrics are neverexactly of the same width throughout the entire length 'of the samepiece, and a still greater difference exists in the width of the sameclass of goods taken from different packages, and in forming a pile itis essential to have the edges of all the layers correspond at least onone side, so that this side can be taken as the base in drawing thepatterns on the top layer, and that no defeet will occur in any of thepatterns after the same have been out.

For the purpose of drawing the layers out over the piling-table I use aclamp, D, which is provided with side flanges m, that bug the edges ofthe table and form guides for the clamp. Said clamp is constructed of abottom plate, a, and a movable jaw, 0, which is guided on screws 1) anddepressed by means of nuts q.

After the ends of the several layers have been fastened between the jawsof the clamp said clamp may be drawn over the table by hand; but Iprefer to use for this purpose a windlass, E, on which are wound tworopes, r, the ends of which connect with the clamp. (See Fig. 1.)

By this apparatus I am enabled to form a perfect pile of two or morelayers of textile or other materials with little trouble or loss oftime, and since my separators remove all the wrinkles without undulystretching the lay ers, the layers, when the pile is completed lay flatand firmly upon each other, and after the patterns are drawn on theupper layer the entire pile can be cut up without difficulty.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a board or table for piling textile or othermaterials, of a package-supporting-frame containing two or more supportsfor packages, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, with a piling-table, of a pack age-supporting framecontaining two or more supports for packages, and with guide rods orrollers for guiding the layers to the piling-table, substantially as setforth.

3. In combination with a series of shelves for supporting the packagesof the material to he piled, the rods 1), extending through the shelveson one side, and the stops a, rising from each shelf on the oppositeside, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In combination with the package-supporting frame and with thepiling-table, two or more separators, extending across the piling tablefor guiding the layers and removing the wrinkles, substantially as shownand described 5. In combination with the separators, a supporting-barwhich swings on a pivot fastened to the side of the piling-table, andwhich allows of adjusting the separators in the required position,substantially as set forth.

6. In combination with the piling-table and the separators, the clamp D,which serves to draw the layers through the separators, substantially asshown and described.

7. In combination with the package-supporting frame, the piling-table,the separators, and the clamp for drawing the layers through theseparators, a windlass for drawing the clamp over the piling-table,substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand andseal this 12th day of January, 1875.

ALBIN WVARTH. [L. s] Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

